Sections
Title | Starting Page | Number of Pages |
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COVER | 1 | 3 |
PLUNKETT S INSURANCE INDUSTRY ALMANAC 2017 | 4 | 4 |
CONTENTS | 8 | 2 |
INTRODUCTION | 10 | 2 |
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK | 12 | 3 |
Chapter 1 Trends Affecting the Insurance Industry | 15 | 23 |
1) Introduction to the Insurance Industry | 16 | 1 |
2) Aging Populations Create Challenges and Opportunities for the Insurance Industry | 17 | 1 |
3) Sophisticated Risk Management and Prevention Programs Lead to Lower Losses | 18 | 1 |
4) Risk Managers Seek Certification | 18 | 1 |
5) Independent Agencies Continue to Dominate Commercial Insurance, but Play a Lesser Role in Persona lLines/Life Insurance Sales Fall in the U.S. | 19 | 1 |
6) Insurance Direct Selling and E-Commerce Grow | 19 | 2 |
7) Technology Drives Insurance Efficiencies/Policy Holders Allow Their Habits to Be Tracked for Lower Insurance Rates | 21 | 2 |
8) States Pick Up Some Wind and Flood Risk for Homeowners/Underwriters Rely on Sophisticated Risk Analysis Technology to Set Rates | 23 | 1 |
9) No End in Sight to the Growth of Specialized Insurance Lines | 24 | 1 |
10) Annuity Account Managers Create New Product Strategies | 24 | 1 |
11) Major U.S., Japanese and European Insurance Firms See Vast Promise in the Chinese, Southeast Asian and Emerging Markets | 25 | 1 |
12) Continued Rise in Health Care Costs | 26 | 1 |
13) Number of Uninsured Americans Declines But Remains High | 27 | 1 |
14) U.S. Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 Rewrote the Rules and Increased Coverage, But Costs Continue to Rise | 28 | 1 |
15) Employers Fight Rapidly Growing Health Care Premiums/Require Employees to Pay a Significant Share of Costs | 28 | 1 |
16) Insurance Companies Change Strategies Due to Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Rapidly Rising Costs of Care | 29 | 1 |
17) Malpractice Suits Are Blamed for Rising Health Care Costs/Tort Reform Is Capping Awards for Damages | 30 | 2 |
18) Hedge Funds Regroup and Play a Major Role in Financial Products Including Derivatives, Lending and Insurance | 32 | 1 |
19) Credit Default Swaps (CDS) and Derivatives Soar into the Trillions of Dollars | 33 | 1 |
20) Aging Populations, Baby Boomers Create Opportunities/U.S. Pension Accounts Top $24.5 Trillion | 34 | 1 |
21) Basel III, Dodd-Frank Act and Volcker Act Increase Regulation/European Solvency II Takes Effect | 35 | 3 |
Chapter 2 INSURANCE INDUSTRY STATISTICS | 38 | 15 |
Insurance Industry Statistics and Market Size Overview | 39 | 1 |
Assets &Liabilities of U.S. Property-Casualty Insurance Companies: 2010-1st Quarter 2016 | 40 | 1 |
Assets &Liabilities of U.S. Life Insurance Companies: 2010-1st Quarter 2016 | 41 | 1 |
Typical U.S. Automobile Insurance Costs, per Year: 2016 | 42 | 1 |
Employers' Costs for Total Compensation and Health Insurance, by Selected Characteristics, U.S.: Selected Years, 2010-2015 | 43 | 1 |
The Nation's Health Dollar: 2016 Where It Came From (Estimated) | 44 | 1 |
Number &Percent of Persons of All Ages with and without Health Insurance Coverage, U.S.: 1999-2015 | 45 | 1 |
Number &Percent of Persons without Health Insurance Coverage, by Age Group, U.S.: 1999-2015 | 46 | 1 |
Affordable Care Act Overview | 47 | 1 |
Medical Care Benefits in the U.S.: Access, Participation and Take-Up Rates, March 2016 | 48 | 1 |
Retirement Benefits in the U.S.: Access, Participation and Take-Up Rates, March 2016 | 49 | 1 |
Life Expectancy at Age 65, U.S. | 50 | 1 |
Employment in the Insurance Industry, U.S.: 2010-July 2016 | 51 | 1 |
Employment &Earnings in Insurance Industry Occupations, U.S.: May 2015 | 52 | 1 |
Chapter 3 IMPORTANT INSURANCE INDUSTRY CONTACTS | 53 | 19 |
Chapter 4 THE INSURANCE 350: WHO THEY ARE AND HOW THEY WERE CHOSEN | 72 | 376 |
INDEX OF COMPANIES WITHIN INDUSTRY GROUPS | 73 | 9 |
ALPHABETICAL INDEX | 82 | 4 |
INDEX OF HEADQUARTERS LOCATION BY U.S. STATE | 86 | 3 |
INDEX OF NON-U.S. HEADQUARTERS LOCATION BY COUNTRY | 89 | 2 |
Individual Profiles On Each Of THE INSURANCE 350 | 91 | 357 |
ADDITIONAL INDEXES | 448 | 26 |
INDEX OF FIRMS NOTED AS HOT SPOTS FOR ADVANCEMENT FOR WOMEN &MINORITIES | 449 | 2 |
INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS | 451 | 23 |
A Short Insurance Industry Glossary | 474 | 22 |